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When I was two years old, my mother used to set me on the counter in the bathroom while she did her makeup and hair to keep an eye on me in the mornings. She said I often liked to make faces in the mirror and giggle at myself, like a normal toddler. However, one morning, she said I was looking int...

I am undeniably in love with myself As a flower loves a bee I worship the very ground I walk on and Could stare into my dreadfully beautiful eyes for eternity My skin is porcelain and fair, and I long to run my fingers Across it and ever so gently touch The small of my back, before leaning ...

I am undeniably in love with myself As a flower loves a bee I worship the very ground I walk on and Could stare into my dreadfully beautiful eyes for eternity My skin is porcelain and fair, and I long to run my fingers Across it and ever so gently touch The small of my back, before leaning ...

I dreamt my eyes could see the day
Where shadows danced and sunlight played
An endless sea of luminous stars
And noisy cites, and honking cars
A hill that ended in the sky
Two tickets to where lovers fly
The birthday that came once a year
An intimate whisper in the ear
And my dream had c...

It must be what you want then.
I'll never forget our first night together
under the stars and a little lightning.
And when you first kissed me and held my hand,
I thought I'd never let go of your hand again.
I could look into your eyes and kiss you all day.
I thought you we...

The beast crept from its sulken bed
Amidst the cloudy morning rain
It slipped into the blackest clothes
Which matched its eye shade perfectly
Dark bags hung from the sky
And concealed under the beast’s lashes
Where it walked, all turned to soot
The flowers wilted at its feet
Don’t l...

Take me back to that time
Where cigarettes were illegal in my mind
And sex was a drug that I chose not to hit
Well looking back now, it’s all turned to s***
From the day that it arose
I was bright eyed and red cheeked from head to toe
My first sip of wine
Next to the love of mine
A...

Icy and soft with the veil of a ghost
Eyes like fire that met
I feel my lips pucker and teeth grind
Tell me why you’re here
I can’t, I don’t remember
Clock ticking down the wall
Tick…tock
Fish gliding through the water in a bowl
The walls seem too white to me
Answer the question
...

“Can’t things be like they used to be?”
I whispered softly in his ear
As he lay beside me in deep slumber
Beyond the waves of his dream island
His face, relaxed, was much like an angel
Without the worries of the day upon it
In fact, I didn’t recognize this person
Whom I’d kissed a...

She woke at midnight and grabbed her keys
Quietly she slipped out the front door
Her hands we shaking and her mind a whirl
When she got in her car and drove away
Her mom was a sleep, her brother in bed
The stars were vague and black filled the night
Except for a the shimmer of a sliver of mo...

The wind it used to thrash around
It would smack me in the face
And pull at my hair and make me cry
So I’d hide from the world for days
No matter how light or how hard
A single touch from the breeze
When I felt I’d lost control
I’d go to the shadows and drop to my knees
Wind mean...

Obscure as the night before my trail
I wandered out into the dark
Hoping that stars would break this spell
That had fallen upon my withered heart
All that guided me was an ashen shine
Which poured from the slit in the clouds above
It reminded me of a younger time
When all that I thought of ...

The seasons hurt my soul
As they carelessly roll
Through and within in my memories
When the leaves were falling in your hair
The red, the yellow, the smell of rain
I hold on to your face
Though we don’t talk anymore
When it starts to snow
My mom is looking out the window smiling
The smell...

It was a cool October morning outside the camp. Heavy gray clouds hung above my head as I silently slipped through the forest with my hands buried deep in my pockets, though to no avail. On the other side of the wall protecting the camp, I could hear quiet murmurs of the soldiers rousing and beginni...

Swept out with the passing wave
The salty air within my skin
The water trickling off the flesh’s sin
And all the while I could taste
Him underneath my folds and lips
The sand that kept reality
Was running from my hips
As deeper into the blue we slipped
Below what looked like flicks of sta...

He traveled the streets at night alone
Passing the travelers and shops
He claimed he didn’t have a soul
Only his eyes shown black like the night
His skin, I remember, was smooth and brown
His hair was like soft charcoal
He sold drugs at midnight in town
It began when he was 17 years old
...

I’ll never have that perfect skin
That glides like silk
Feels like a baby’s wrist
And is golden and spotless
I’ll never have long flowing hair
That moves in slow motion
Feels like satin
And gleams in the sun
The boys won’t ever whistle at me
They won’t stare
Or tell me I’m ...

The end is a sickening feeling
That creeps inside your heart
It eats you whilst alive
And watches you in the dark
You’ll never see it coming
It’s quieter than night
Lighter than a feather
Higher than a kite
The touch is undeniable
You can feel your energy go
The light in your eyes...

I’m holding your fingers for ransom
They’re mine to keep forever
I can’t stand the thought of them leaving
They will be hidden in my hands
I’m possessing your lips for eternity
And laying them glued to mine
Don’t bother trying to retrieve them
For they’ve always belonged with me...

Sara watched you come alive
Scream and shout
Open your eyes
Sara watched you take a step
Fall once more
Try again
Sara watched you ride a bike
Skin your knee
And start to cry
Sara watched you learn to read
Go to school
Start to lead
Sara watched you graduate
And heard the news
...

The market sat between the two tallest mountains in the city of Sagelli. One mountain was named Combus, while the other was named Wint. Combus was by far the tallest and most majestic mountain, with its peak made of pure powder, and its base darker than an ocean’s abyss. Although, for some strange...

Mama’s ashes smelled strange
A mixture between the memory of her perfume
And sulfur
Perhaps
I placed my hand in the bowl
Full of her burnt corpse
Gripping it lightly
Playing with it like sand
The batter was almost finished
Nearly every ingredient in
Except for
One
At first I...

I imagine the day is warm
The sand is cool
The sun is setting slowly
Our hands stay together
I imagine the distance
In your eyes
Doesn’t matter
And you’ll always be with me
I imagine looking to your face
And you’re staring out
Your skin is a sweet sunset
In this reflection
I...

I leaned against the pole
Light shining down
The dark clouds above
Distance thumping from the band inside
My breath gently steamed
Bring back the memory of playing in
the snow
Running through the woods
The laughter of my friends echoed
The music came back to reality
Somebody asked me ...